Partly, yes. It’s based more on a character I had in my college newspaper strips (where all this craziness started). If I can find it, I’ll post it.
But the original character’s hair was partly based on Farrah’s, and partly on all the girls with big 70s hair at the time.

Pretty sure public libraries only continue to exist in our world for sentimental / nostalgic reasons. Also fetishists.
University libraries, on the other hand… not quite so sure. Whole different kettle of fish.